Sweet Almond Shrub can be an excellent shrub for a butterfly garden or any spot where an insect-attracting, fragrant plant is needed. Since it grows quite tall and wide (aproximately 12 ft. tall and 12 ft. wide) it would be best if used as an accent or background shrub. Small white flowers cluster along the ends of the shoots appear year-round to perfume the landscape. Good shrub to plant near vegetable gardens and fruiting trees to invite pollinators in to visit.

Blooms appear in these approximate colours: Anti-flash white, and tends to have a prominent vanilla almond fragrance. The mature flowers are of a clustered form. Leaves appear approximately as a Pale silver

It is a flower / ornamental and is treated mainly as an evergreen, so it retains its leaves throughout the year.

Sweet Almond Bush is known for growing to a height of approximately 14.86 feet (that's 4.57 metres in metric) with a shrubby habit.

If you would like to attract butterflies, bees and birds to your garden, consider growing this plant.

Argentina is believed to be where Sweet Almond Bush originates from.

Sweet Almond Bush needs a moderate amount of maintenance, so some level of previous experience comes in handy when growing this plant. Ensure that you are aware of the soil, sun, ph and water requirements for this plant and keep an eye out for pests.

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How to grow Sweet Almond Bush

Full Sun

OR

Partial Sun

Low

Tolerates heavy pruning which allows you to keep it as a smaller shrub.

Position in a full sun / partial sun location and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. Use Zone 8 - Zone 11 as your guideline for the appropriate climate for this plant. Sweet Almond Bush tends to grow best in a soil ph of between 5.6 and 7.8 meaning it does best in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil. Keep in mind when planting that Sweet Almond Bush is thought of as hardy, so this plant will survive close to or on freezing temperatures.